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Thu 16 January 2020: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)on Thursday said a record 45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community are gravely food insecure following repeated drought, widespread flooding and economic disarray. “This hunger crisis is on a scale we’ve not seen before and the evidence shows it’s going to […]

Mon 13 January 2020: Young Newlyweds, College Students, And Entire Families Are Being Remembered After Dying In The Iran Plane Crash The Ukrainian jet that crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s airport Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, was carrying entire families, award-winning scientists, university students, and a young married couple who had […]

Tue 07 January 2020: If the current trend continues and one billion tons of plastic is produced annually by 2050, very serious health and waste problem may occur globally, according to an expert on plastic waste. “We could see more plastic in the sea than fish. Land could be filled with abandoned mountains of plastic […]

Sun 29 December 2019: The United Nations General Assembly on Friday adopted a $3.07 billion operating budget which for the first time includes funding for the investigation of war crimes in Syria and Myanmar. The budget represents a slight increase from 2019’s figure of $2.9 billion. The increase is due to additional missions assigned to […]

Wed 25 December 2019: Hashim Amla has tweeted his support of the minority Uighur ethnic group, mirroring the stance of football star Mesut Özil and Rugby player Sonny Bill Williams In his tweet on Tuesday, Amla echoed the belief of Arsenal playmaker Özil,  and Sonny Bill Williams that OPPRESSION is one of the reasons for […]

Tue 17 December 2019: (AFP) Women may have to wait more than two centuries for equality at work, according to a report on Tuesday showing gender inequality growing in workplaces worldwide despite increasing demands for equal treatment. While women appear to be gradually closing the gender gap in areas such as politics, health and education, […]

Sat 14 December 2019: The UN Refugee Agency appealed Friday for intensified support for some 4.6 million globally displaced Afghans and their host communities, ahead of next week’s first-ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva.  UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch made the call at a UN briefing in Geneva, noting that the world is entering the fifth […]

Wed 11 December 2019: Nearly a half-billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and eliminating hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according to a report released Wednesday by UN agencies. Data compiled by the United Nations show slow progress and even backsliding in the areas of child wasting and […]

Wed 04 December 2019: Natural and man-made disasters have combined to create some of the worst conditions Zimbabwe has seen in about a decade. Nearly half of its people face severe hunger and starvation. Al Jazeera’s Priyanka Gupta reports. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!